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Harley-Davidson Inc (HOG): Today's Featured Automotive Laggard

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Harley-Davidson (
HOG) pushed the Automotive industry lower today making it today's featured Automotive laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Harley-Davidson fell 61 cents (-1.3%) to $47.27 on light volume. Throughout the day, 690,521 shares of Harley-Davidson exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of two million shares. The stock ranged in price between $47.21-$47.79 after having opened the day at $47.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.88. Other companies within the Automotive industry that declined today were:
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (
QTWW), down 5.2%,
Shiloh Industries (
SHLO), down 5.1%,
Orbital Corporation (
OBT), down 4.8%, and
Spartan Motors (
SPAR), down 4.5%.

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Harley-Davidson, Inc. engages in the production and sale of heavyweight motorcycles. It operates in two segments, Motorcycles and Related Products, and Financial Services. Harley-Davidson has a market cap of $10.84 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 23.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Harley-Davidson a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Harley-Davidson as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, premium valuation and weak operating cash flow.